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Yes, not limited to the "new" Gmail, though they only admitted to it recently.
by joshuaheard 13y ago
Yes, not limited to the "new" Gmail, though they only admitted to it recently.
- dspillett 13y agoI wasn't aware they'd ever denied it.
- NoPiece 13y agoHere is a New York Times article on gmail from 2004 discussing the privacy issues around google scanning email content. It is a controversy that came and went, so I can imagine people who were young and not using email at the time missing it entirely. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/21/technology/21google.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/21/technology/21google.html
- Zak 13y agoScanning email for content to target ads was a public controversy when gmail was introduced to the public in 2004. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2004/apr/08/onlinesupplement.google http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2004/apr/08/onlinesupp... http://epic.org/privacy/gmail/faq.html http://epic.org/privacy/gmail/faq.html